Local Authority Circulars

A - F

A

1. Access equipment

• LAC Number 1/4: Use of fall arrest systems in steel stockholders

2. Accidents

• LAC Number 2/5: Serious incidents involving agency workers

5. Asbestos

• LAC Number 5/19: The level of risk from occupational exposure to asbestos: guidance for HSE and LA staff when responding to enquiries
• LAC Number 5/23: Inspection intervention on worker protection: asbestos duty to manage

C

94. Call centres

• LAC Number 94/2: Advice regarding call centre working practices [732KB]

14. Cosmetic treatment

• LAC Number 14/1: Micro-pigmentation / semi-permanent tattooing/ semi-permanent make-up

D

15. Dermatitis

• LAC Number 15/2: Inspection intervention 2007/8: Preventing work-related contact dermatitis in the catering industry
• LAC Number 15/3: Preventing dermatitis: intervention in the hair and beauty industries

E

18. Electrical equipment

• LAC Number 18/1: Cable joints and repairs
• LAC Number 18/2: Electrophoresis and associated equipment for laboratory use
• LAC Number 18/3: Portable electrical equipment in restricted Conductive locations
• LAC Number 18/4: Safety in electrical displays

19. Electricity

• LAC Number 19/3: The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989

20. Emergency procedures

• LAC Number 20/2: Major incident response procedures
• LAC Number 20/3: Rope evacuation from mechanical handling equipment

21. Employment Law

• LAC Number 21/1: The Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 SI 2004 No 3426

22. Enforcement

• LAC Number 22/13: Incident Selection Criteria Guidance
• LAC Number 22/17: HSC's enforcement policy statement (revised January 2002) further guidance
• LAC Number 22/19: Formal cautions - HSE guidance
• LAC Number 22/20: HSE enforcement guide (England and Wales) and enforcement handbook Scotland
• LAC Number 22/21:. Amendment to the enforcement provisions of the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH)
• LAC Number 22/22: Changes to COMAH arising from CHIP 2008

23. Enforcing Authority

• LAC Number 23/13: Health and safety (enforcement authority) regulations 1998 - motor vehicle repair
• LAC Number 23/15: Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998: A-Z guide to allocation
• LAC Number 23/21: Better regulation: Regulatory bodies inspecting social care
• LAC Number 23/22: Management of the risk from falling trees

25. Escalators and Moving Walks

• LAC Number 25/1: Guidance on inclined moving walks in retail premises

27. Fire and Explosions

• LAC Number 27/16: Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (DSEAR) SI 2002/2776

28. First Aid

• LAC Number 28/1: Changes to the training regime for first aiders in the workplace

31. Food Industry

• LAC Number 31/2: Banana (and other fruit) ripening rooms

G - L

H

37. Hazardous substances

• LAC Number 37/11: Chemicals (hazard information and packaging for supplying) regulations 2002
• LAC Number 37/12: Enforcement management model (EMM) - application to chemical risks

I

41. Information

• LAC Number 41/5: E.coli O157 Outbreak - August / September 2009

L

47. Leisure

• LAC Number 47/19: Inflatable play equipment
• LAC Number 47/20: Guidance on pinsetter / pinspotter machines in ten pin bowling centres
• LAC Number 47/21: Agreement between the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority and the Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services

50. Lifts

• LAC Number 50/19: Reducing the risk of falls from tail-lifts

52. Liquified Petroleum Gases

• LAC Number 52/6: Garaging of liquefied petroleum gas fuelled vehicles, mechanical handling and maintenance equipment

M - S

M

56. Manual handling

• LAC Number 56/6: Mark a parcel, save a back

57. Motor vehicle repair

• LAC Number 57/3: Safe removal of petrol from vehicles
• LAC Number 57/5: Defective locking devices identified on modern 2-post lifts

N

60. Non-Ionising radiation

• LAC Number 60/8: Ultra-violet radiation exposure from general workplace light sources

O

61. Occupational health

• LAC Number 61/1: enforcement management model (EMM) - general guidance on application to health risks

63. Other legislation

• LAC Number 63/1: Fencing of quarries

P

64. Pesticides

• LAC Number 64/9: The impact of the Biocidal Products Directive’s, 2nd and 3rd review regulations, on the supply of biocidal products.

65. Petroleum

• LAC number 65/49 (rev1): Inspection of workplace storage and dispensing of petroleum spirit and liaison with petroleum licensing authorities
• LAC number 65/56: Petroleum enforcement - current local authority partnership schemes (laps)
• LAC number 65/59a: Petrol Filling Stations - Dispensing control measures
• LAC number 65/61: Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 (PCA) - petrol filling stations. Model conditions of licence
• LAC number 65/62: Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 - Petrol filling stations - Licence renewal periods - Model application forms
• LAC number 65/63: Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 (PCA) - Dangerous Substances & Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (DSEAR) - Petrol filling stations - Atypical installations
• LAC 65/64: Petrol filling stations - Road tanker deliveries - Additional guidance to the Approved Code of Practice and Guidance [L133] Unloading petrol from road tankers

67. Priority planning

• LAC 67/2: Advice/Guidance to Local Authorities on Priority Planning

68. Protective equipment

• LAC Number 68/5: Inspection of energy-absorbing lanyards made from webbing or rope
• LAC Number 68/6: Inspection of fall arrest equipment made from webbing or rope
• LAC Number 68/8: Standards for Personal Protective Equipment

R

71. Respiratory sensitizers

• LAC Number 71/7: Benchmark control of dust from flour and flour improvers in in-store supermarket bakeries

S

76. Skin piercing

• LAC Number 76/2: Enforcement of skin piercing activities

77. Slips, trips and falls

• LAC Number 77/1: Pedestrian slipping risks
• LAC Number 77/3: Reducing slip and trip accidents caused by floor cleaning - joint HSE/LAS Midlands project 2006/07
• LAC Number 77/4: Slips and trips 2006-07 - planned inspection and follow-up work to watch your step
• LAC Number 77/5: Preventing slips and trips in kitchens within catering
• LAC Number 77/6: Operational interventions in 2007/08 to help deliver the falls from height and slips and trips programmes
• LAC Number 77/7: Slips and Trips in Food retail
• LAC Number 77/8: Requirements for slip-resistant floor finishes under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992

79. Standards

• LAC Number 79/4: Burning risks from hot surfaces in health and social care
• LAC Number 79/5: Scalding risks from hot water in health and social care
• LAC Number 79/6: Falls from windows in health and social care
• LAC Number 79/8: Bed rail risk management
• LAC Number 79/10: HSE National leads for corporate social care providers
• LAC Number 79/11: Management of health and safety in care homes 2009/2010
• LAC Number 79/12: Police inspections in 2009/2010
• LAC Number 79/13: Inspection of HM Prison Service and Scottish Prison Service 2009/2010
• LAC Number 79/14: A working arrangements protocol between the Health and Safety Executive, Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (on behalf of Local Authorities) and the Commission for Social Care Inspection

81 Stress

• LAC Number 81/4: Work-related stress

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T

85. Transport

• LAC Number 85/8: Milk delivery: riding on the back of vehicles
• LAC Number 85/10: Closed circuit tv on road going vehicles
• LAC Number 85/13: (rev1). Moving goods safely project 07/08
• LAC Number 85/14: The Road Haulage and Distribution Industry - overview
• LAC Number 85/15: Car transporters
• LAC Number 85/16: An explanation of HSE’s role in the investigation of work-related road incidents and advice on responding to enquiries on managing of work-related road safety

V

88. Violence

• LAC Number 88/2: Work-related violence
• LAC Number 88/3: Work-related violence in licensed and retail premises

W

90. Work equipment

• LAC Number 90/4: The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998